escouf {pastecs} | R Documentation

## Choose variables using the Escoufier's equivalent vectors method

### Description

Calculate equivalent vectors sensu Escoufier, that is, most significant variables from a multivariate data frame according to a principal component analysis (variables that are most correlated with the principal axes). This method is useful mainly for physical or chemical data where simply summarizing them with a PCA does not always gives easily interpretable principal axes.

### Usage

    escouf(x, level=1, verbose=TRUE)
    ## S3 method for class 'escouf':
    summary(esc)
    ## S3 method for class 'escouf':
    plot(esc, level=x$level, lhorz=TRUE, lvert=TRUE, lvars=TRUE,
            lcol=2, llty=2, diff=TRUE, dlab="RV' (units not shown)", dcol=4,
            dlty=par("lty"), dpos=0.8, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'escouf':
    lines(esc, level=x$level, lhorz=TRUE, lvert=TRUE, lvars=TRUE,
            lcol=2, llty=2, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'escouf':
    identify(esc, lhorz=TRUE, lvert=TRUE, lvars=TRUE, lcol=2,
            llty=2, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'escouf':
    extract(esc, n=NULL, level=e$level)

### Arguments

`x` | A data frame containing the variables to sort according to the Escoufier's method
`level` | The level of correlation at which to stop calculation. By default `level=1`, the highest value, and all variables are sorted. Specify a value lower than one to speed up calculation. If you specify a too low values you will not be able to extract all significant variables (extraction level must be lower than calculation level). We advise you keep 0.95 < level < 1
`verbose` | Print calculation steps. This allows to control the percentage of calculation already achieved when computation takes a long time (that is, with many variables to sort)
`esc` | An 'escouf' object returned by `escouf`
`lhorz` | If `TRUE` then an horizontal line indicating the extraction level is drawn
`lvert` | If `TRUE` then a vertical line separate the n extracted variables at left from the rest
`lvars` | If `TRUE` then the x-axis labels of the n extracted variables at left are printed in a different color to emphasize them
`lcol` | The color to use to draw the lines (`lhorz=TRUE` and `lvert=TRUE`) and the variables labels (`lvars=TRUE`) of the n extracted variables. By default, color 2 is used
`llty` | The style used to draw the lines (`lhorz=TRUE` and `lvert=TRUE`). By default, lines are dashed
`diff` | If `TRUE` then the RV' curve is also plotted (by default)
`dlab` | The label to use for the RV' curve. By default: `"RV' (units not shown)"`
`dcol` | The color to use for the RV' curve (by default, color 4 is used)
`dlty` | The style for the RV' curve
`dpos` | The relative horizontal position of the label for the RV' curve. The default value of 0.8 means that the label is placed at 80% of the horizontal axis.Vertical position of the label is automatically determined
`...` | additional graph parameters
`n` | The number of variables to extract. If a value is given, it has the priority on `level`

### Value

An object of type 'escouf' is returned. It has methods `print()`, `summary()`, `plot()`, `lines()`, `identify()`, `extract()`.

### WARNING

Since a large number of iterations is done, this function is slow with a large number of variables (more than 25-30)!

### Author(s)

Frédéric Ibanez (ibanez@obs-vlfr.fr), Philippe Grosjean (phgrosjean@sciviews.org), Benjamin Planque (Benjamin.Planque@ifremer.fr), Jean-Marc Fromentin (Jean.Marc.Fromentin@ifremer.fr)

### References

Cambon, J., 1974. Vecteur équivalent à un autre au sens des composantes principales. Application hydrologique. DEA de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université de Montpellier.

Escoufier, Y., 1970. Echantillonnage dans une population de variables aléatoires réelles. Pub. Inst. Stat. Univ. Paris, 19:1-47.

Jabaud, A., 1996. Cadre climatique et hydrobiologique du lac Léman. DEA d'Océanologie Biologique Paris.

### See Also

`abund`

### Examples

    data(marbio)
    marbio.esc <- escouf(marbio)
    summary(marbio.esc)
    plot(marbio.esc)
    # The x-axis has short labels. For more info., enter:
    marbio.esc$vr
    # Define a level at which to extract most significant variables
    marbio.esc$level <- 0.90
    # Show it on the graph
    lines(marbio.esc)
    # This can also be done interactively on the plot using:
    # marbio.esc$level <- identify(marbio.esc)
    # Finally, extract most significant variables
    marbio2 <- extract(marbio.esc)
    names(marbio2)

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